Title: Examining the role of diffusion of innovation theory and human resource practices towards employees' innovative work behaviour with moderating role of technology capabilities

Authors: Thair Abed Alrahman Mohamed Habboush; Mohammad Ali Yousef Yamin

Addresses: Department of Business Administration, College of Business, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia ' Department of Human Resources Management, College of Business, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Abstract: The current research aims to deepen the knowledge on the mechanism of employee innovative work behaviour with the integration of human resource practices and diffusion of innovation theory. Data were analysed with 339 responses retrieved from employees working in small medium enterprises. Findings revealed that information sharing, recruitment and selection, compensation, training and development, supervisor support, innovativeness and compatibility explained substantial variance R² 0.769% in employee innovative work behaviour. Statistical findings confirmed that the moderating relationship between employee innovative work behaviour and organisational performance would be stronger when technology capability is higher. Theoretically, this study contributes to diffusion of innovation theory and human resource practices model. In terms of practice, results suggest that human resource practitioner and policy makers should focus on firm technological capabilities and training and development programs to boost employee attitude towards employee innovative work behaviour and organisational performance.

Keywords: employee innovative work behaviour; human resource practices; diffusion of innovation theory; innovativeness; technology capability; organisational performance.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2024.142186

International Journal of Business Information Systems, 2024 Vol.47 No.1, pp.124 - 147

Received: 12 Mar 2021
Accepted: 29 Apr 2021
Published online: 14 Oct 2024 *

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